Category: Success Stories

Jessica Day was a mother of 4 and was 44 years old when she took the leap of returning to college. “I was nervous,” She said. “But the staff at orientation attracted me to Ivy Tech. They all were encouraging and had something to say towards all ages.” Jessica graduated from Ivy Tech with a…

When Blaine Wilken commits to something, he really commits. That was true of his service in the United States Coast Guard and it’s true in his work as a controls engineer at Bastian Solutions, a systems integrator and engineering firm in Carmel. And it was certainly true of how he approached academics as an Ivy…

Ivy Tech alumni, Merouane Baoch, was a part of the winning Transportation App team in Techpoint’s Summer Opportunities for Students (S.O.S.) Challenge. As a reward, Baoch will receive a portion of the $25,000 prize. Techpoint’s S.O.S. Challenge was a replacement activity for the Summer Xtern program that Techpoint sponsors every summer. Students were grouped into…

Biotechnology is a field that has seen significant growth in global employment. In Indiana, jobs in the Biotechnology sector have increased by 12% over the last five years. At Ivy Tech Community College, the Biotechnology Program prepares students for careers in a variety of life science and manufacturing settings like research, pharmaceutical, and quality control.…

Careers in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) are growing in demand. The IN LSAMP (Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation) program at Ivy Tech Community College Central Indiana strives to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of underrepresented minority students in STEM fields. Eric Raymond, an aspiring bio-medical engineer at Ivy Tech…